Surrealist Oil Painting by important artist Hugo Gnam  (Swiss 1899-1997) Art Deco period oil on board - original Art Deco Frame ., swiss-born, New York City based Art Deco designer and Artist . Dimensions: 125.5 cm x 45cm Biography Studied: Zurich University and New York University with Winold Reiss. Memberships: Artists League of America, National Alliance of Artists and Craftsman, Allied Artists of America, Society of Independent Artists, and the Photo League, NY. Awards: First Prize for Mural Excellence: American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen held at the United States Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair. Commissions: The Adler apartment (inventor of space shoes), Offices in the Empire State Building, Showrooms of Chrysler Engineering in Detroit, and projects with Joseph Urban. References: Annual of American Design (1931), Studio Annual of Decorative Art (1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941 and 1942), Norlyst Gallery catalog 1946, Beasts (1995). New Yor...